Hello mam, my aunt is 5 months pregnant, and her doctor where she is taking treatment currently, prescribed her depin10 mg, with some other medicines, but after she took depin 10 mg, 3 times in a day (morning, afternoon and night) next day her feet got swollen and she also got fever. Now her fever is gone but feet are still swollen. Is there anything to worry? When will the swollen feet get normal? And is there any complications of this side effects in the pregnancy? Awaiting your answer.

Dr. Amit KyalGynaecologist18yrs exp

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Hello. It seems your aunt has developed hypertension during pregnancy which is quite common nowadays. Depin contains nifedipine and is used to control blood pressure. Hypertension during pregnancy can have a effect on both the mother and baby. It's important that your aunt be under regular antenatal check up. Baseline investigations like cbc, lft,uric acid, creatinine and usg be done and repeated at regular intervals. Target bp should be less than 140/90. Swelling of the legs are most probably due to hypertension of pregnancy rather than depin. Usually swelling subsides after delivery. Ask her to keep legs slightly elevated during rest. Best of luck. 

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